Alan Magee, Stewart Luckman, & Karey Kessler

September 27 to December 2, 2024

Alan Magee: Art is Not a Solace (Nichols Gallery)

Alan Magee’s images of stones, artist’s tools, pensive faces, and his visual allegories of creativity itself, come together through the medium of tapestry in the exhibition “Art is Not a Solace.” Woven in Belgium, Magee’s tapestries celebrate the wonders of nature, the role of quiet reflection, and the mysteries of human existence. The documentary Alan Magee: Art is Not a Solace by David Berez and David Wright presents an in-depth view of this major artist’s journey. (View film trailer below.)

Alan Magee: Art is Not a Solace

[Official Trailer from Bullfrog Films]

Stewart Luckman Sculpture: Stone Circle (Atrium Gallery)

Libre Termite Bookstack #5, Travertine Marble, 39.5" H, 2020

“It is unlikely a sculpture will change any minds alone. It may not directly influence political, social or cultural changes. However, the work can have a transformative effect on the viewer. This is what sculpture has always been doing within its province: to offer a unique insight, vision, or perspective, which can then heighten one’s own consciousness. It may then keep alive those issues that must not be allowed to fall into our individual or collective silence.”

Karey Kessler: THIS UNGRASPABLE WHOLE (North Gallery)

THIS UNGRASPABLE WHOLE, watercolor and ink on paper, 36"x72", 2021

"My work conveys the unmappable, intangible essence existing beneath the more familiar structures of the visible world using cartographic imagery. Through overlaid map imagery and evocative text, I create poetic landscapes that invite multiple interpretations. The process of combining cartography with abstract marks and colors charts new territory - evoking feelings, thoughts, and memories."

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Current Exhibition

Friday Harbor Airport Terminal

Summer 2024 through Spring 2025

Selections from SJIMA’sFirst Nation Artists Collection

Works by contemporary artists of Coastal Pacific Northwest Tribes are on display at the Port of Friday Harbor’s Airport terminal from Summer, 2024 through Spring, 2025. Featuring selections from SJIMA’s First Nation Artists Collection, these are works by a new generation of First Nation artists and their honored mentors. Visit Friday Harbor’s Airport Terminal to see and hear the voices of their ancestors speak through the works of these exceptional artists. SJIMA’s First Nation Artists Collection was exhibited at the museum in 2017, and selections will join a host of additional works by contemporary artists of Coastal Pacific Northwest Tribes in Summer, 2025 as part of SJIMA’s 10th anniversary celebration.

Many thanks to the Port of Friday Harbor for hosting this display!